I’ve just updated my Cowboy Boot Companies page, where you’ll find boot companies in sizes M, L & XL. There are many MANY links on this page, but here are a couple you won’t want to miss:
Visit the grand re-opening of Heritage Boot’s website. Get a sneak peek at new their “top shelf” Rancho Deluxe boots. Limited sizes available in each style… so they’ll sell out fast. Call early and reserve your pair.
Hold the Date! Come meet me at Heritage Boot… Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 1-4pm. I’ll signing books (…and no doubt, trying on some boots.) Stay tuned for more details.
I remember the first time I actually FELT LIKE A COWBOY BOOT EXPERT. It was when Evan Voyles held up a boot and said “Do you know who made this boot?”
And I did.
Not only that… but, I could tell the bootmaker and the where Evan had bought the boot just by looking at the sole.
That’s when I knew I had met enough makers and peered into enough cowboy boots to call myself an expert…and now when the newspapers and magazines printed it, I believe it’s true.
Clues:
You can tell from the lightning bolts inked on the sole… this cowboy boot was made by Pascal (Riff Raff Leather.) There is also a pirate ship stamped inside the boot on its heel slide.
You can tell by the big ol’ “red ink” size and price…the boots were purchased at Kowboyz, a vintage cowboy boot shop once located in Los Angeles, now recently moved to Santa Fe, NM.
Here’s a great article about Kowboyz… full of dishy Hollywood-style namedropping. And yes, that’s $99 for a “custom” boot made of nubuck and foil leather… you really oughta pay Kowboyz a visit.
If you are up for the challenge, go for it! I guarantee you’ll bidding against top-notch boot collectors and Hollywood stylists for this pair of vintage cowboy boots.
Five rows of stitching. Ranch-worn and high-fashion… this pair of Dixon from the 50’s-’60’s are today’s definition of uni-sexy.
These are the boots you wear to fashion week anywhere in the world, eliciting the envy of others.
Classic never-ending style.
(Ladies, confirm your calf measurements before bidding.) Good luck!